Poetry
Poems for Burning by Spencer Folkins
As children, we’ve all been told not to play with matches, but Spencer Folkins can’t seem to resist the lure of starting little fires in his debut chapbook.
The Unfolding: Poems by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
I have to say I rarely have loved a book as fully or read one as slowly.
Anatomical Venus by Courtney Bates-Hardy
Dealing with chronic pain, losing a family member, and Clemente Susini’s dissectible wax woman dubbed Anatomical Venus are among the subjects dealt with in Courtney Bates-Hardy’s poetry collection Anatomical Venus.
Girl Dinner by Jamie Kitts
There’s something just so nice about a new chapbook with a fun cover. Girl Dinner by Jamie Kitts, a collection of poems largely focused on food and the ways it connects to different ways of being and experiences, has a cover illustrated by New Brunswick artist Dawn Mockler.
Read the Governor General’s Literary Award Shortlists with The Miramichi Reader!
The 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award shortlists have been announced, and you can find reviews of many of the shortlisted titles right here on TMR! Our reviewers have such good taste 💁♀️.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024
September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in so-called-Canada.
I’m Buying a New Brunswick Book Day: Editors’ Picks
Today, September 21, 2024, is the fifth annual I’m Buying a New Brunswick Book Day, coordinated by the Frye Festival.
Busy Secret by Micah Ballard
Micah Ballard’s latest chapbook Busy Secret is a quippy, somewhat resigned meditation on the liminal spaces between life and death, and wealth and work.
Unwashed by Daniel Maluka
Unwashed gives us poetry where a green “2000 Chrysler Neon”, “Dragon Ball Z” and “grainy 240-pixel videos” have the same poetic value as “the kings of old Egypt”, the lives of Dr. King. and Malcolm X, or the hagiographies of Buddha and Krishna.
The Cassidy McFadzean Interview
Cassidy McFadzean’s latest book, Crying Dress (House of Anansi), is a playful and provocative collection of poetry.
Permutations by Paula Turcotte
Permutations by Paula Turcotte is a high energy chapbook of the urban depressed and stressed. It is fresh and punchy as well as comic at times.
